TOKYO >> The wisdom of the Buddha may one day be in the palm of your hand, with a BuddhaBot icon on your phone nestled ...

Buddhism is one of the fastest growing religions in the west. One of the features of this religion that can help to account for its growth is that many don't consider Buddhism a religion at all. Is ...

A prayer altar in the main gathering hall at the temple Wat Ratchapradit in Bangkok, Thailand. Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Theravada, which means “the way of the ...

One of the greatest twists in the recent history of nonfiction came at the end of Sam Harris’s The End of Faith (2004). The book gave physical form to the message-board atheism of the early internet ...

In A Nutshell Mindfulness has been stripped of its spiritual roots and repackaged as a corporate stress-management tool that ...

When Chris Scammell arrived in London in 2022 to work at an artificial-intelligence safety startup, Conjecture, he moved into ...

Buddhist thought emphasizes positive action to effect change. Source: Wouter de Jong/Pexels The enduring popularity of Buddhist ideas is evident in the ubiquity of “mindfulness” in our world today.

If you pick up an article on the use of therapeutic mindfulness practices or Buddhist meditation in psychotherapy, you are almost certain to find that article begin by introducing such activities as a ...

Zlotnik is co-founder and CEO of Dharma Bum Temple and lives in San Diego. “This was the only religious place I felt safe” were the words shared by a transgender member of our community in March. This ...

Former Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) president Tondup Tsewang Chhospa has written to Union home minister Amit Shah saying ...

(The Conversation) — Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religious system in several parts of South and Southeast Asia, but there is a rich diversity of beliefs and practices in this tradition. (The ...